Yard & Garden

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National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Arsenic-Eating Fern Researchers at Edenspace Systems, a leader in phytoextraction -- using plants to extract poisonous chemicals, such as arsenic, lead, and uranium from the soil -- have found a plant that loves sucking arsenic out of the soil.
This Old House Roger Cook	Marathoners of the Landscape Plants that can go the distance are the ones we look to for a fantastic show of fall color
This Old House Josh Garskof	Get Ready for Fall Now's the best time to spruce up your yard
National Gardening Kathy Bond Borie	Garden Guru: Lynden B. Miller Artist and gardener Lynden B. Miller had been a landscape painter for 18 years and was ready for a break from her studio when in 1982 a friend asked for her help on a daunting new project: restoring New York's Central Park.
National Gardening Cathy Cromell	Garden Guru: Howard Dill Howard Dill is a giant among giant pumpkin growers. He grew four consecutive world champion pumpkins from 1979 to `82 and missed winning the fifth year by a mere 5 pounds. Today, his patented Dill Atlantic Giant seeds are sold worldwide.
National Gardening Cathy Cromell	Garden Guru: Holly Shimizu Holly Shimizu, Executive Director of the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) in Washington, D.C., lives a plant lover's dream. She has worked in world-famous gardens, including a year at Wisley, the Royal Horticultural Society's garden in England.
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Barley in the Pond In the 1990s researchers in England began experimenting with using barley straw as an organic control of algae growth in ponds and waterways. Their results are applicable for water gardeners.
National Gardening Cathy Cromell	Garden Guru: John Dromgoole Organic gardening is a much more widely accepted practice now than it was 30 years ago when John Dromgoole became fascinated with it. He studied radio and television in college, but after working in a friend's organic nursery in Austin, Texas, he was hooked.
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Got Mildew? Get Milk! Is your garden plagued with powdery mildew on your bee balm, phlox, grapes, squash, and pumpkins? New research from Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand describes a household remedy that's easy to use and as effective as many chemical fungicides: milk.
Garden Gate	Fall-Blooming Anemones A welcome addition to any garden, fall-blooming anemones offer attractive foliage all season before bursting into bloom in late summer and early fall.
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